A new translation of the
Book of Changes
by The Master Therion
INTRODUCTION
The Yi King is mathematical and philosophical in form. Its structure is cognate
with that of the Qabalah; the actual apparatus is simple, and five minutes is
sufficient to obtain a fairly detailed answer to any but the most obscure questions.
To Mega Therion
THE TAO
1. TAO concentrateth itself upon Kether as a point.
2. TAO directeth itself within Chokmah and becometh the Male Force. He is called
YANG, and is symbolized by a Solid Line.
3. TAO expandeth in Binah and becometh the Female Force. She is called YIN,
and is symbolized by a Broken Line.
4. These three: TAO, YANG and YIN, bring forth heaven and earth, and all contained
therein.
THE APPARATUS
0. TAO is the source of the Yi King, as of all.
1. Thou shalt obtain 6 Chinese coins. Five shall be of one metal and the sixth
of another. One side ye shall call Yang, and the other Yin (Heads and Tails).
2. These coins should be kept in a wrapped black cloth, and no other should
lay his hand upon them. For they swell with thine aura when used with sincerity
and repetition.
3. Hast no coins? Six sticks will serve. Paint one side solid and the other
broken. One of the six is especial; It should be made unique by painting one
end on both sides. Care for thine sticks as though they were coins.
THE METHOD
4. When a situation ariseth in thy mind, and you wouldst seek an oracle, do
thus: Go and take out thine coins or sticks.
5. Face thou East; and make clear thy mind, so that no thoughts shall intrude.
6. Call upon what god ye will; filling thyself with pure light, and raising
thine mind to a fixed image of the situation into which you inquire.
7. Then, gently toss thy sticks or coins toward the East; they wilst fall into
a certain pattern which thou wilt arrange into an Hexagram - the unit of Divination
of this book: Yi King.
THE HEXAGRAM
8. An Hexagram is made up of six lines; each line being Yang or Yin. The especial
stick or coin is called "The Moving Line."
9. Each line of the Hexagram is numbered: The line nearest thyself is number
One; whilst the farthest away is number Six.
AN EXAMPLE
10. Thou hast concentrated upon thy situation, and thine sticks have fallen
thus:
Line 6 - YANG (a solid line)
Line 5 - YANG (a solid line)
Line 4 - Yang (a solid line)
Line 3 - YANG (a solid line)
Line 2 - YIN (a broken line)
Line 1 - YIN (a broken line)
( - The moving line is in line 2)
11. The Hexagram will look like this:
12. Take notice that the Hexagram is divided into two Trigrams: An upper Trigram
and a lower Trigram.
INTERPRETATION
13. Taking thine key, which is in this book: thou wilst find the upper Trigram
along the top of the squares. Next, find the lower Trigram at the left of the
chart.
14. Follow thee the Trigrams into the center of the Key - Behold the number
33.
15. Then, thou shalt read the Thirty-third Hexagram in this Book: Yi King.
16. The first two lines refer to the Hexagram as a whole, shewing thee the
direction of the matter.
17. Next, appeareth a six-line poem. The first line of this poem pertaineth
to the line number One in the Hexagram. The last line of the poem is for number
Six (the one farthest from thy-self).
18. The Moving Line (in this case number Two) is the specific line which pertains
to thy situation: Thine answer from the TAO.
19. If thou dost not understand, and are bewildered by doubts and questions
concerning the Forces of this Divination: Thou mayest read in "Magick"
where the Master Therion hath made discourse upon the subject by his understanding
of the TAO.
ABRAHADABRA
A.·.A.·. Publication in Class B
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